My children are home schooled & since I am not good at some of the subjects, I tried calling the publishers to get Teacher guides, etc. They would not sell to me because I am not a teacher. I tried looking on line ( used books) & I did not see the books I need.
Can someone please help me?
2006-12-03 17:56:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
If you're not good at the subjects, what makes you think you can teach them, even WITH the solutions manual? Maybe you should consider sending the kids to public school, at least for a few classes that you're not qualified to teach.
2006-12-03 23:08:21 · answer #1 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Contact a local homeschooler's legal group like HSLDA and ask them for guidance. Typically all you need to do is establish yourself as the director/instructor of a homeschool but the publishers have been cracking down recently. I think the outrage from the HS community will reach a boiling point and they will have to back down. If you are teaching, then you ARE a teacher. Your state recognizes you as such and the publishers should as well.
Alternatively tell them what you think of their policy by taking your money elsewhere. Find a source of materials which does sell to HS'ers. The 2nd link below is an auction site set up in response to eBay's new "no teacher editions" policy. The last link is a site that supposedly carries some of the "won't sell to individuals" titles.
2006-12-05 04:18:41 · answer #2 · answered by lechemomma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have the right to obtain those books from the public school your children would be allocated to attend if they were not home schooled. Just ask the principal. It may be that the text the public school is using is so old that it would be impossible to order a new one. In that case you could get a mangy one with marks all over it.
If you want to use different books, like buy some instead of using the free ones from the local public school, then it should be easy, the teacher guide comes with any text series that you buy.
2006-12-03 18:12:55 · answer #3 · answered by xayuq 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vegsource has a good used cirriculum board as part of their homeschooling forum. Lots of educators expos or fairs include homeschoolers. I've gotten teacher edition books at Goodwill that i use for things in our homeschooling. Many homeschool groups will have cirriculum fairs or used book sales at least once a year. There are used cirriculum swap boards out there. And there is always ebay, but they don't list the teacher's books as teacher's books. They had to stop because of pressure from schools and teacher organizations. There were some kids who were buying them and using them to pass tests and copying things for their homework instead of actually learning the material- So they pressured ebay to stop allowing them to be listed. But if there are photos, you can see it. If you know the IBSN number, you can always ask the seller. Amazon too.
I had a jr high math teacher that used to let me use the teachers edition sometimes on homework that I did in class or in the classroom during study hall,to try to figure things out. If I knew where I was supposed to be going with my answers, it usually made it easier to figure out how it was supposed to work. It helped me a lot.
2006-12-03 18:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by ntm 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
BEfriend a local teacher... this way you can acquire these books.... but i am not in favor of it.... because some of the teachers, like me, use this book for my exams... besides the answers of the exercises in the sutdent's books are usually in the teacher's book....that is why it is restricted......but good luck to you.....
2006-12-03 18:00:13 · answer #5 · answered by bugi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't. Those books are for real teachers. If you're not so good at the subjects, why are you homeschooling them, anyway? You shouldn't be allowed to, because even you admit you're not qualified. Why do you insist on putting your kids through this??? You are NOT helping them. Let the professionals do their job. They KNOW their job, and they CAN do it. And you should support them. They're your best friend as a parent.
2006-12-04 20:15:29 · answer #6 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Go on the wanted section and post an ad on craigslist, or maybe get the specific names of the books and look them up on ebay.
www.craigslist.org then pick your location.
2006-12-03 18:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by idontknow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋